Mowbray

Statistical area (SA2)

TAS · SA2 602011040 · Launceston (SA3) · Business statistics view

Actively trading businesses: 230
Population (SA2 ERP): 4,136
Per 1,000 residents: 55.6
Business growth YoY: 1.8%

Prior year businesses: 226
Change vs prior year: +4
Active ABNs (mapped): —

If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area, not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?

Businesses by employment size

ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)

Employment size	Businesses	Share
Non-employing	145	63.0%
1–4	52	22.6%
5–19	23	10.0%
20–199	15	6.5%
200+	0	0.0%

Businesses by industry

ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)

All industries

Industry	Businesses	Share	YoY
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	54	23.5%	12.5%
Construction	25	10.9%	0.0%
Retail Trade	23	10.0%	-11.5%
Accommodation and Food Services	16	7.0%	-20.0%
Health Care and Social Assistance	16	7.0%	33.3%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	15	6.5%	0.0%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	14	6.1%	-6.7%
Manufacturing	11	4.8%	57.1%
Administrative and Support Services	11	4.8%	-21.4%
Other Services	11	4.8%	-8.3%
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	10	4.3%	-9.1%
Financial and Insurance Services	10	4.3%	11.1%
Wholesale Trade	8	3.5%	-11.1%
Mining	3	1.3%	—
Arts and Recreation Services	3	1.3%	—

Fastest-growing industries

Transport, Postal and Warehousing12.5%
Construction0.0%
Retail Trade-11.5%

Industries with more relative room

Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in TAS (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.

Industry	Local /1,000	vs peers	Businesses
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	2.4	0.30×	10
Construction	6.0	0.46×	25
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	3.4	0.62×	14